Balistapus Tilesius [W. G. von] 1820:302 Masc. Balistapus capistratus Tilesius 1820. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Balistapus Tilesius 1820 -- (Matsuura 1980:52 [ref. 6943], Tyler 1980:121 [ref. 4477], Arai 1983:199 [ref. 14249], Aboussouan & Leis 1984:452 [ref. 13661], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:358 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:877 [ref. 5714], Lindberg et al. 1997:59 [ref. 23547], Matsuura 2001:3913 [ref. 26315], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2018:376 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:177 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:321 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:649 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Valid as Balistapus Tilesius 1820. Balistidae.